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Recent Examples of midwife
In our clinic, Casas helped nurse midwives and family physicians set up and facilitate groups for pregnant women.
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Daphne Miller, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
As a solution to unsafe conditions in hospitals, many Black women are opting to have midwives and doulas as part of their birth team.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
If passed, this legislation would expand access to midwives and doulas, extend care for postpartum and breastfeeding periods, invest in research to address maternal mortality and mitigate risks to birthing people and their children.
—Brea Baker, Refinery29, 22 May 2025
The midwife gave her three lifesaving breaths on my chest and my husband was there.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 11 May 2025
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Daphne Miller, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
As a solution to unsafe conditions in hospitals, many Black women are opting to have midwives and doulas as part of their birth team.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
If passed, this legislation would expand access to midwives and doulas, extend care for postpartum and breastfeeding periods, invest in research to address maternal mortality and mitigate risks to birthing people and their children.
—Brea Baker, Refinery29, 22 May 2025
The midwife gave her three lifesaving breaths on my chest and my husband was there.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midwife
Noun
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The body takes a minimum of 13 weeks to recover, the nurse-midwife Helena A. Grant tells Somerstein.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2024
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Care that can currently be delivered by a nurse-midwife via a brief video call or online questionnaire would revert to a time-consuming and costly series of clinic visits with a physician.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Industry surveys show that only about half of men experiencing ED speak to a doctor, and even fewer discuss it with their partners.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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More proof of that point: Data show women are more likely than men to show up solo to doctor’s appointments for sleep apnea than with their bed partner.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Josie Urbina, an obstetrician with UC San Francisco Health who specializes in complex family planning, said this creates an unequal patchwork of services in the state.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
21 May 2025
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Tim launched the country’s first training program for obstetricians and gynecologists through a groundbreaking collaboration between the University of Michigan and the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.—
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
Noun
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For example, under the current reimbursement system, Medicare compensates hospitals more than independent physician offices for performing the same service.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Some physicians who once offered IVF as a standard treatment, like one of the authors here (Dr. Rubal), have grown deeply concerned about its ethical implications.—
Christopher Hale,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Object & Animal, the production company behind the Peabody Award-winning Netflix doc Daughters, has signed with Verve for representation.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
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Schreiber has received his fair share of Emmy nominations: for acting in Ray Donovan, and also for narrating other docs.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Scoliosis is often first noticed by a patient, their family, a pediatrician, or a primary care physician who detects an abnormal curvature of the spine.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Months later, the two consulted another pediatrician, who recommended an ultrasound.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Then, one after the other, every gynecologist at the hospital refused to perform the procedure as well.—
Rebecca Grant
June 24,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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The intra-uterine device is intended to prevent pregnancy and can only be implanted in — and removed from — the uterus by a gynecologist.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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More than 40 people including children and medics died after an attack on a hospital in Sudan, the latest deadly episode in the country’s years-long civil war.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
25 June 2025
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At a walk-in clinic, medics drew a circle around the affected area to monitor the spread.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midwife. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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